This Act lays down the fundamental provisions and principles and aims to give concrete form to the rights and duties of the population in matters of health. Its purpose is to ensure the prevention, protection, maintenance, restoration and promotion of people's health. It was published in the Official Journal on 29 July 2018.
This order sets the schedule for mandatory vaccination against some communicable diseases.
This Act applies the International Health Regulations, adopted by the World Health Assembly, in the Republic, and provides for incidental matters.
The Decree, published in the Official Journal of 20 June 1969 provides that some vaccinations may be made compulsory in case of (threat of) epidemic (pages 14-15).